1996 Cornell Big Red football team

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1996 Cornell Big Red football
Cornell "C" logo.svg
ConferenceIvy League
1996 record4–6 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Steve Busch
  • Chad Levitt
  • Seth Payne
  • Brian Weidel
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Ivy League football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 17 Dartmouth $   7 – 0     10 – 0  
Columbia   5 – 2     8 – 2  
Brown   4 – 3     5 – 5  
Cornell   4 – 3     4 – 6  
Penn   3 – 4     5 – 5  
Harvard   2 – 5     4 – 6  
Princeton   2 – 5     3 – 7  
Yale   1 – 6     2 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for third in the Ivy League.

In its seventh season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored 280 to 221. Steve Busch, Chad Levitt, Seth Payne and Brian Weidel were team captains.[1]

Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied for third place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 178 to 157 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 Princetondagger
W 33–27 2OT 14,120 [3]
September 28 at Lafayette*
L 19–30 5,828 [4]
October 5 at Buffalo*
L 24–41 9,177 [5]
October 12 at Harvard
W 20–13 8,700 [6]
October 19 Colgate*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 21–31 5,943 [7]
October 26 Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 21–38 8,226 [8]
November 2 Brown
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 21–35 8,202 [9]
November 9 at Yale
W 28–20 7,655 [10]
November 16 at Columbia
L 10–24 7,055 [11]
November 23 Penn
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 24–21 5,223 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 36–37. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Princeton Bows to Cornell in Ivy's First Overtime Game". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. September 22, 1996. p. C14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Meixell, Ted (September 29, 1996). "Lafayette's Moore, Quincy Solve Cornell". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ McShea, Keith (October 7, 1996). "Bulls Turn Back Big Red, 41-24". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ McShea, Keith (October 14, 1996). "Levitt, CU Top Harvard". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ McShea, Keith (October 21, 1996). "'New' Red Raiders Overtake Cornell". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ McShea, Keith (October 28, 1996). "Big Red Falls Back with Loss". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ McShea, Keith (November 4, 1996). "CU's Ivy Title Hopes Take a Severe Hit". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Berlet, Bruce (November 10, 1996). "Turnovers Ruin Yale's Turnaround". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ McShea, Keith (November 18, 1996). "A Heartbreaker: Injury Stops Levitt Short of Goal; CU Falls". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Juliano, Joe (November 24, 1996). "Cornell Ends Penn's Season on Sour Note". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
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